Chapter 13. Interaction in membrane assemblies

V.A. Parsegian
Division of Computer Research and Technology
and National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases,
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

R.P. Rand
Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University,
St Catharines, Ontario, Canada, L2S3A1

1. Introduction

2. Measuring energetics of molecular assemblies and single functioning molecules

2.1. Osmotic stress (OS) method
2.2. Surface force apparatus (SFA)
2.3. Pipette aspiration (PA)
2.4. Atomic force microscopy (AFM)

3.1. General properties of forces between bilayers
3.2. Osmotic stress of non-lamellar aqueous compartments in lipid assemblies

4.1. 'Hydration  forces measured between lipid bilayers
4.2. Entropic/configurational models
4.3. Traditional forces
4.4. Van der Waals attraction

Acknowledgements

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